a suddenly prolific lineup with dozier the only one hitless and no joe mauer. joe better watch his back with the switch-hitting vargas and polanco seems about ready to challenge bd. of course, it's not like they're playing the rangers tonight ...
nick and sydney both make good cases. i recall several losses over the weeks where it seemed curious that arcia wasn't called on to pinch hit, but the .199 in rochester and the strikeouts were lame. so i return to my earlier point: maybe his confidence is such that he figured he'd be better off starting over ANYWHERE else. a little self-sabotage.